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Sustainable Conservation and Urban Regeneration
This book documents research activities and design experimentation carried out within the scope of a project addressing conservation, urban regeneration, responsible use of resources, and sustainable development in a truly exceptional place: the city of Luxor. The project is a collaborative venture between the Politecnico di Milano, the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt, and the Luxor Governorate and is one outcome of a program established by the Egyptian government in 2009 with the goal of discovering a buried treasure, the “Avenue of Sphinxes”, which connected the Karnak and Luxor temples in ancient times. Readers will find an account of the excavations themselves, discussion of ...
New Metropolitan Perspectives
The book aims to face the challenge of post-COVID-19 dynamics toward green and digital transition, between metropolitan and return to villages’ perspectives. It presents a multi-disciplinary scientific debate on the new frontiers of strategic and spatial planning, economic programs and decision support tools, within the urban–rural areas networks and the metropolitan cities. The book focuses on six topics: inner and marginalized areas local development to re-balance territorial inequalities; knowledge and innovation ecosystem for urban regeneration and resilience; metropolitan cities and territorial dynamics; rules, governance, economy, society; green buildings, post-carbon city and ecosystem services; infrastructures and spatial information systems; cultural heritage: conservation, enhancement and management. In addition, the book hosts a Special Section: Rhegion United Nations 2020-2030. The book will benefit all researchers, practitioners and policymakers interested in the issues applied to metropolitan cities and marginal areas.
Regeneration of the Built Environment from a Circular Economy Perspective
This open access book explores the strategic importance and advantages of adopting multidisciplinary and multiscalar approaches of inquiry and intervention with respect to the built environment, based on principles of sustainability and circular economy strategies. A series of key challenges are considered in depth from a multidisciplinary perspective, spanning engineering, architecture, and regional and urban economics. These challenges include strategies to relaunch socioeconomic development through regenerative processes, the regeneration of urban spaces from the perspective of resilience, the development and deployment of innovative products and processes in the construction sector in order to comply more fully with the principles of sustainability and circularity, and the development of multiscale approaches to enhance the performance of both the existing building stock and new buildings. The book offers a rich selection of conceptual, empirical, methodological, technical, and case study/project-based research. It will be of value for all who have an interest in regeneration of the built environment from a circular economy perspective.
Innovative Models for Sustainable Development in Emerging African Countries
This open access book explores key issues and presents recent case studies in areas of importance for the transition to a circular model of development in emerging African countries that will minimize resource consumption and waste production. The topics covered include the development of sustainable housing models, energy and environmental issues in building design and technical systems, recycling for a sustainable future, models for humanitarian emergencies, and low-cost and web-based digital tools with applications in architecture and archaeology. The aim is to contribute to a necessary paradigm shift with respect to urban planning and usage of territories, moving from a linear urban metabolism based on the “take, make, dispose” approach to a circular metabolism. Such a change requires a focus on the relationship between the architectural, urban, and physical aspects of new developments, climate, and energy demand, as well as the identification and integration of strategies and infrastructures to achieve a high level of efficiency and self-sufficiency. The book will appeal to all with an interest in sustainable development in the African context.
Heritage for a Sustainable Development: The World Heritage Sites and Their Impacts on Cultural Territories
This book explores the potential contribution of cultural heritage in the enhancement of the territories, investigating the possibilities but also the criticalities involved in the process. Based on the knowledge process built on the Monasteries of Haghpat, Sanahin, Geghard and moreover, in the Upper Azat Valley in Armenia, the work suggests the development of an integrated design approach with interdisciplinary focus. The conservation of the Architectural Heritage of these sites is a priority for the identity safeguard but also to start virtuous processes able to ensure a sustainable development for places and communities. The objective of this work is the setting of pilot strategies and guidelines for the preservation and promotion of cultural heritage as an engine for a compatible and sustainable tourism development of the area, with tangible impact on social and economic development of the country. The work would benefit local authorities and communities, as well as researchers involved in these topics.
Patrimonio culturale e Paesi emergenti
Che cosa significa lavorare “per” il patrimonio culturale nei Paesi emergenti? Quali interrogativi etici e quali problemi concreti occorre affrontare nel momento in cui si passa dalla teoria alla prassi? Il volume traccia alcuni percorsi di riflessione a partire da esperienze significative condotte nell’ultimo decennio in contesto internazionale, nell’ambito della conservazione e valorizzazione del patrimonio esistente. A partire dalle difficoltà nello sviluppare un progetto di conoscenza, alla complessità del cantiere sino alle strategie di valorizzazione e ai processi di capacity building, il tentativo è quello di costruire uno scenario di riferimento in grado di restituire la complessità dell’operare in questi contesti, ma anche la preziosa opportunità di condividere e arricchire il proprio bagaglio di conoscenze.
Design, energie e territori
Nel complesso scenario della transizione energetica la cultura del Design è chiamata a fornire un contributo strategico nella definizione delle relazioni tra le energie, i territori ed i sistemi di prodotti e servizi a supporto delle comunità. La sostenibilità energetica non è raggiungibile unicamente con innovazioni tecnologiche od interventi normativi. Essa necessita di azioni interdisciplinari coordinate e consapevoli orientate all’inclusione ed all’attivazione sociale, alla valorizzazione ed alla riorganizzazione dei territori, alla condivisione di risorse materiali ed immateriali. La valutazione ed il miglioramento dell’efficienza energetica nell’ottica del Design richiede oggi di considerare requisiti operativi sempre più rigidi, scarsità di risorse, riduzione dei cicli d’uso, possibilità di utilizzo diffuso di fonti energetiche rinnovabili, soluzioni orientate alla multifunzionalità. Ne deriva la necessità di un “cambiamento radicale” nel concepire i luoghi della produzione energetica che diventano condivisi, aperti, socialmente accettati, a basso rischio, multifunzionali, rigenerativi e non invasivi.
Studi per la conservazione del patrimonio culturale albanese
Il volume dà conto di alcune delle ricerche per la conservazione e valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale svolte in Albania. La zona di Saranda, città a vocazione turistica della costa albanese del sud, viene descritta e raccontata nel suo ricco patrimonio storico attraverso i contributi di diversi studiosi di differenti discipline che indagano aspetti relativi alla conoscenza, tutela e conservazione di alcune delle più importanti testimonianze del passato di questo territorio. Il quadro che si compone ricostruisce gli sforzi di un lavoro decennale per la valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale albanese nato dall’impegno di Gianclaudio Macchiarella al cui ricordo questo volume è dedicato.
